It’s been harder to buy things online this past year. Some of that has to do with the pandemic causing supply chain holdups but there’s another reason why so many hard-to-find items are ever harder to find lately. Casey Taylor is a contributor for Vox who tracked down the origin story from sneakers to The Nugget Couch in the online reselling market. 

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